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Locality Name:
Esfahan County (Isfahan County), Isfahan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 233443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esfahan County (Isfahan County), Isfahan, Iran": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Esfahan (Isfahan)
Feshark Village

Latitude: 32°47'11"N
Longitude: 52°1'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.786388888889,52.023333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxene
RutileSpinelVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Clintonite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Grossular  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Krauskopfite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spinel  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1673073250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6167307919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16730927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1673074979
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)216730986
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61673094135
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31673091544
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1673071689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61673071066
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O1673076
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216730712537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21673092273
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2167307158
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1673071725
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2167307454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1673072473
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41673091934
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101673091395



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